Where Islam spreads, freedom dies

LAUSANNE - According to the Federal Court of
Justice, the expressions „bastard foreigner“ and „filthy immigrant“ do not
represent any discrimination based on race, but are merely insults. In this
way, a police agent from Basle won the case in the tribunals.

This agent from Basle and one of his colleagues arrested
back in 2007 an Algerian asylum seeker at a clock and jewelry show on suspicion
of pick pocketing.

He handcuffed the immigrant and called him „bastard
foreigner“ and “filthy immigrant“ in a loud voice in front of a great number of
onlookers.

The tribunal in Basle declared him guilty of race
discrimination for his verbal misconduct and sentenced him to pay a given
amount of money.

But now the Federal Court has decided in favor of
him and has overruled the previous sentence. According to the view of the penal
law department, there had been no discriminating remarks which could indicate
any reference to a specific race, ethnicity or religion.

The terms „foreigner“ and „immigrant“ can refer
to people from very different native lands or beliefs.

The federal court went even further: The use of
the terms “bastard” or “filthy” being used when referring to a specific
nationality or ethnicity cannot be considered as discrimination on the basis of
race.

Terms like “bastard” or “filthy” have always been
used in German-language territories and became widespread in expressions of
annoyance.

Such expressions would be considered to be merely
insults, and not attacks against human dignity.

In any case, as long as such an expression is
directed against one individual, an impartial third party is not to consider it
as an attack against human dignity, but as a more or less primitive defamation based
on hostility towards foreigners.